Steinacher of the university of nebraska who will talk about the rats lines utilized by nazis to escape europe and justice. Our final speaker will be linda holmes who will shift the focus to the japanese who were responsible for horrific treatment of p. O. W. S, yet most did not have to suffer the consequences of their actions. So ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming our first speaker, annie jacobsen. [ applause ] thank you so much. Im annie jacobsen, a journalist and author. I write about wars, weapons, u. S. National security and secrets. Im very interested in history. Im particularly interested in how history gets recorded, and how history gets reported. I came upon operation paperclip which was the secret program to bring nazi scientists to the United States for our Weapons Programs. When i was working on another book called area 51 about the spy plane programs that were going on out in the nevada desert. The u2th in sr71 and the a12 ox cart. And i learned from the sci
And taking away the popes temporal domain, he did not recognize it. There were no diplomatic relations between rome, between the Italian Republic and the vatican, that didnt happen until 1929 so for a while he really could be the only pole. So set the stage for in a little bit, fermi is this young man, completely unknown even in his own country and within a decade is going to become this international star. But its during a time when fascism is in rain, full rain in the 1920s, how does that affect the young fermi . What role does that play in his development. There he is in his 20s, he comes from a modest family, his parents had not gone to college. There was nobody else in italy at the time. He was the leader and he was just purely thinking about physics as far as i can tell. The only, he joined the fascist party but cellini appointed him to the Royal Academy, double his salary and he said hey, double my salary is a good thing. So ill pledge allegiance to mussolini. He will be father
I believe that 15 years ago for maybe 20, gino on the death of another famous physicist, the greatest thing you could say about him is that you were so proud to be holding the same union card. [laughter] as someone who also held it and i also feel very lucky to have been asked to interview the two about this book. The physicists physicist may not be wellknown to the public that is in fact one of the greatest heroes of anybody whos done a comic physics. Its so amazing to have this fabulous and authoritative story of his life. We have a preview from the wall street journal that has just come out that says exactly that. So it is a fabulous book and i want to get started by asking for two of them to tell us what their motivation was for writing a book that isnt as wellknown as the einstein. M. I. Too loud . Maybe i will start out i was born in italy and came to the United States as a baby but then went back and he was a hero in italy and went on to become a physicist committee was a double
Now it does. And with zaid jilani, whose latest report neoconservatives declare war on donald trump. Then president clintons labor secretary robert reich has officially endorsed Bernie Sanders for president. I think the Biggest Issue in this campaign is the increasing concentration of income and wealth and political power, which goes with income or wealth, at the very top which is undermining our democracy and making a very difficult for us to get anything done, whether youre talking about Climate Change or helping the poor or doing anything in this country. Bernie sanders is leading a movement to change that. Amy robert reich will join us from california. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Super tuesday has arrived. It is one of the most important days of voting in primaries and caucuses in the 2016 president ial campaign. Republicans and democrats each go to the polls in 11 states. About a quarter of a
To disavow an endorsement from david duke. Leader we will speak with the nation writer mychal denzel smith about his these trumps racism didnt scare me. Now it does. And with zaid jilani, whose latest report neoconservatives deare war donald trump. En presint clintons labor secretary robert reich has officially endorsed Bernie Sanders for president. I think the Biggest Issue in this campaign is the increasing concentration of income and wealth and political power, which goes with income or wealth, at the very top which is undermining our democracy and making a very difficult for us to get anything done, whether youre talking about Climate Change or helping the poor or doing anything in this country. Bernie sanders is leading a movement to change that. Amy robert reich will join us from california. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Super tuesday has arrived. It is one of the most important days of voting